TES British Secondary & High School Section - NewsLetter
ESC Newsletter
Issue 9
Coming up this
month:
Welcome from the BSHS Head
8 May:
Europe Day
Chrysta Garnett, Head of British Secondary and High School Section
Dear Parents
23 May:
Summer Fair
23 May:
Graduation
25-29 May:
H1 Work
Experience Week
31 May:
Transition Day
Inside this issue:
ESCPA
2
Music News
4
University
Counsellor
8
English News
13
IB Art Show
14
Sports News
22
And much
more!
April 2015
A slightly slim Newsletter this
month for your enjoyment,
due to our recent Spring Holiday. This month, however, has
been as eventful as always at
ESC, with a number of whole
school events that deserve
celebration.
I am thrilled to announce that
the British Secondary and High
School has now been officially
recognised as a ‘Thinking
School’ by the Cognitive Education Development Unit at
Exeter University in the UK.
We completed a world first
‘Virtual Accreditation’ process
that we piloted with Exeter
University. Our status as a
‘Thinking School’ recognises us
as providers of an education
that explicitly promotes the
value of developing creative,
critical and enquiring minds.
Staff, Governors and students
were all scrutinised during the
process and we are understandably thrilled with the
award!
The evolution of the IB Art
Show this year saw its first
public exhibition at a Taipei
gallery. This year’s art was as
astonishingly impressive as
always and reflected the intriguing artistic and creative visions of our very talented Visual Arts students. Under Mr
Hebden’s tutelage, our artists
have developed a confidence of
expression and a sophisticated
flair that was very deserving of
public exhibition. The private
preview was attended by VIPs
and Trade Office representatives, as well as by proud parents and provided a fitting
venue for our students’ wonderful work. We wish our IB
Visual Arts students the best of
luck in the future in pursuing
their artistic ambitions.
Our H2 and H4 students are
now on formal study leave for
the duration of the Summer
Term. We wished them a fond
farewell and the very best of
luck in our final assembly with
them last week. Dr Matthews
and Mr Latchford as always
spoke from the heart about
these two very special cohorts
and gave them some sound
advice on how to keep their
academic momentum going as
we approach their final IGCSE
and IB examinations. I echo
those sentiments and would
like to tell our High School
students again how proud we
are of them and wish them the
very best of luck in the coming
months. Our parting gift was a
Superman T-shirt for every H2
and H4 student. Research has
shown that students wearing
Superman T-shirts perform on
average 8% better in exams…
so please remind them to wear
their shirts with pride!